{October 6, 2012}
It might not seem believable, but today marks the longest
time Ethan and I have ever been committed and dedicated to a relationship with
each other. You would think that knowing each other our entire lives and the
countless times we’ve given our love a chance, we’d have made it to 3 years,
but nope. This is it. And for some reason to me it means this is forever.
No, it’s not our wedding date. It’s not even that 3 years
ago was such a momentous beginning to our relationship that it should be
celebrated annually. It’s because we were unstable in all our other attempts to
love each other before now. We never once allowed God to be a pillar in our
relationship because it wasn’t serious and it wasn’t a priority.
Now it’s different. Now as my soulmate, I am concerned about
who he’s given his soul to before I came along. And I can say that it’s the
same one who crafted and holds my heart in the palm of His hand. And I see Ethan now as a gift from our
Creator to have and to hold and to complete me. Now, we have this commitment to
love each other and even without a marriage license or a different last name,
I’ll say that I’m committed in front of God to love Ethan for the rest of my
life, and these 3 years have helped to teach me that.
What I'm thinking on our 3 year anniversary with a
series of 3 word phrases:
I can’t wait – For
all the tomorrows until our wedding, for forever with Ethan, for the good days
and the bad days, for every bit of it.
I’m so blessed – When I hear the song “Lucky” by Jason Mraz,
it reminds me of us but I know I’m more than lucky to ‘have been where I have
been.’ I’m BLESSED by the One who set this into action.
We’ve grown up- SO much has changed since that night sitting
on a washing machine in a dorm building trying to decide if the risk of a relationship
was worth taking, and every bit of that change has been for the better.
I don’t remember - I
used to be able to tell you the best dates, or the best kisses, or the best
phrases, or best text messages, and tell
you what I was wearing, who was with us, and the complete series of events. Now,
those things happen so often that it’s a blur of ‘bests,’ so now, I just don’t
remember!
Proud of us – I never knew what it really felt like to be
proud of someone else until the past 3 years. Getting through college and other
aspects of life has been a big accomplishment, and I’m proud of both of us for
getting to where we are. So many big things about to happen in our lives!
The majority of this entry I wrote back in March because I
had it on my mind what I would say when we hit the 3 year mark. I
feel all of these things even more so now, and had to add on a few more. We’re happy to be celebrating our last dating
anniversary, and are looking forward to many more June anniversaries to come!
" Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have
been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle."
- Amy Bloom
- Amy Bloom
I can't wait until a lifetime!
Elaine
